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`La .dd intermediate Athe ends. ofthefraine" in' (a,.a,`.of'-Figl 1*). AThe' dimensions fof press isjnten ed to e a plied und "the chorl'actor ofthe work inten 'edjobeldone 'b y' it 25 :Asitjs'intended to use u 'portion of the side'. b,1s. as way'sor trains toguide the carriage thefu per and inner-surface of those harsfonabout'two thirds the lengtho the ,freine present a uniform and true surce. l t Upon theouter' 'edge of eachof the side bars" in corresponding positions Vupon .ech side oftheireme I add a. projecting piece (i) a s ahearin ,to supportthe arch 'or upf 'hese 'g'iroectioiis or bearin iecesmay be maldemt eiormdelineate 1n F' l# 12, b b', b.).l. 'lhe'bearing pieces shoul be o' suicient dimensions togive full beeriug to the feet ofthe columns-fof the arch." The strength of'these pieeesmusthe determined by reference to theprinciples her einaftgerlinddown,A 't Upon the surface of each' ofthehearing. ieces last 4described 1 place a. metallic blocl :tot as a. hsilf boxor bearing ffor the cyliud'rical roller ',vvhich blocks are seen in Figil (c, c, a,;c)'. .Each of the blocks.' has in its groovebeingveat righi-,ongles with the line of the side bars. Thesero'ove s are intended' to reeeive.the uxle of e cylmdrical roller.

The height o-theblock -will depend upon 55 thedegree ofelevation required forthe cylndri'gl rollerdesired to bev employed fin the' ma'chinefdelineated 'in Fig. 14 of the. accompanying' drawings' (me asia); A fthtran'svrse 'bar f mmegwhich I termine bed`framewi11'- in general de eixd 1i Q'mthe meto-which the 'power applied -ito :the ipfess, incentrate attachedtojboththe'inside and outsiglegsuriA f aces' ofithe .blocks 1 a's t describedplates .o f. i'"

metal@ did', do .-Qr. fiarigesoflsemiireul..

ofgthe form'of-zn parallelogram'inteuded to p Where'I use-erollef two iilohesf diameter genel'ullymake theiheightlof the)` block. about one inch. The dimen'sionsfi'o thebloclgsinother respects will'he governed-60; by the-size of the'zixleof .theufolleuedith'e Toller ure'made inftliefuppersurfacefofthe axisof lthe cyliudricl rollen-end resting upon thebearig pieces orjtheir bases'. I- l allowth'e'mdius ofthe semicircular or.guurd 100 latesdgd d d toexoeed the'hei'ghtpfjth blocks'tso thatfthere shullhe a'pifojeicton of' '5; the 'pletesbeyondthe blocks., both ebovelbef'. foreaudfjbehind them'. lhe'A 'projecting-pori" tions' of the semicircule\rg plages :bengi iii-".105 teudeditofact as guards to' prevent the feet-{f} g of the columns of the arch Awhich fa-1 1 be-. tween them 'fromflieving--laterol motion, 'rij A ny'other 'form than that of@ Seiucir'elef may be adopted fof the guard. plates la'stde'-I -1105'2' ,5g scribed, which Will accomplish "the 'end' .ir'1'i. j View. Lestlyl out. web' 'Suchporton .Oi-the allow t e axle ofthe eylifldl-ical you@ man .4f-and.. I

into the "semcy'lindrpal gljoofves .on. t-he .top fof the b1ocks. The guard'p'lates are'represented in Fg. 1 A ofthe accompanyingglraavngs"(Z,-cZ, d, d).

the'blocks'; To one side' the axle-f the: I- roller "Iaptach a; crank fto. tu rn tl 1e roller; I fnsuall'yplace' the rollen'. upon -the bed' .frame d as to' leave'two thirds f th fra-.me

form lof- 'a attene'd arch resting von twoA columns-M is 'seen Y:in' Fig '2% The fa'rcli' shouldbe of suienb st ren to' resist the pressure that is intended Ito eplit upon the `press. 'Hayin place@ the' axle 'of the roller' cavities" corresponding'insize and f orr'nfwth the b1oek's' rand axle' on Yhich it intended fore and behind sniieeutly theseeet are (and Sid'egeigQ columns of. the arch'nanymannen We1l known.' The holes inthe feefcof the columns of 'the arch' I make- -to eolrespond-Wth the holes in the-bear'1g-pe :es.`x

. nponja solid wooden sufae, 'screws maybe used to 'pass through these holes and enter '-75 @ideama-the.scfaperjboge :Thelenggh other-metallic snlistancelappropriate'opithe5 scribed I 1'1sua11y'eonstne-them'-is lire lanl are explained the r u` on the drawings.-

appropriate metal sngljg 'casiging roller' in this' form' 'offconstructng ma# chue I make. (laitue-hed from the axle whih and eccentric.

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'passes through the roller andia-secured. :by fanrordinary grooveand key.

In some cases when the. machine .is tol be permanently-'attached to a uniformplane .surface having the 'requisite .solidity, '.thep p -bed frame Aand-the rectangulargrooves tol holdit'hmay .be dispensed with and in thatV caseI' attach bars orstrips of .vwood'gor ot ironl orother appropriate metal or materiali to-"the .platform to servet as -ways -elevated behind-fthe rllerby means of Aarms'orrbraces 'as before described4 in the description .ot the "bed- :frame or II make `longitudinal grooves to sei- Ve as ways `to'guide the'wheels:

'15 'i-wh'ch are attachedto the carriage: NVhen.-

afmachine is to be -constructed withfthej usual appendageslofa screw and ec'centric to'elevate each en'd ottlie'roller, Iformthe arch with suitable cavities'to receivefthese fixtures.

In Fig. III, A and B presentsayiew of my arch with cavities-r1'-toreceive-a screw The several parts of these: forms of my machine are explained in 'thev references attached to the drawings.

The carriage- I make the carriage Z of a solid piece of wood in the form of a parallellogram. The size of the carriage will necessarilydepend on the nature'of the work for whichthe press is intended, but it never can exceed the width between the inside of the columns of the arch through which it passes. Oney end ofthe carriage I allow to 'rest on the cylindrical roller d the other end is supportedat the proper height in the following manner. To the end of the carriage'which is farthest rom the arch I 'at- -tach on the under side, in thecase of a light.

machine two small arms (r @la braces, blocks or projecting iecesof meta or wood extending downwar to the side bars of the bed frames and terminating in a rabbet, or in projections'haying the properties;

of a rabbet, so formed as to slide in contact with the u per and inner surfaces of the side bars o the bed frame'. When the -'machine is large and the carrageheavy I1 ate tach Wheels in the form of rail road wheels as as Fig. 3H or 1' 1' Fig. 1C armed with Han es Vor projectin rims ,to guide' them upon t e side bars an secured by castings attached to the carriage by means of screws or in anyusual method. I adopt the formof constructing the arm of metal and the form of wheels and cast sockets represented'in Fig. 1.

To the upper side of the carriage -so placed as to be iny front of and clear .from the roller when the carriage is drawn out to the full extent allowed, I placea metal-- lic castin (o) the form of which 'ma be obtained y taking a metallicplate o the form lof a parallelogram and; bending. it along the middle lengthwise with the piece in the form of a rabbet. One of thezplanes of the figure thus'produced I screwrmly 4tact with't to be' lfinches above-'the-carriage .Thief-71" 'single-castingg 'Atthe'oppositeendfofzthe carriage'I place a piece'i'offmetal'f'm'having tympan to restfupo'n; thgheightof fthe'se "89 projections will' "of`course.correspond.;with` Athef-height ofthe pieeelast before described;

This plece :may 'also be Lfprovided -with "ea: l handleto "draw backthe'carria The `an .upright projection orprojections'gor-the `cnm'lwh'ichfI'generallyiadopt for -piece whichLmake 'of cast metalf-is represented-in i i Fig. l` of cast iron or brass-'in theform of a rectandular'frame.

tween the metallic `bars thatj'compose the .frameis coveredwith'leather prepared by stretching and attached in the usual"'manner to three sides ofthe frame. fofoneendo the frame .I. attach eyes p, p,` or rings of metal made in form to. correspond with those...

attached to the carriage vand so placed upon the tympan that when the tympan Ais in its proper position over. the carriage, the. eyes will 'fallo posit each other, so as toreceive a bolt which I providewith a key to made inthe leathenf- The. tympan-'frame I make as described in one'castin'gof jiron or.' ibrass or other appropriate metal. View ofthe tympan as I usually make it is .seen in Flglc.

"I construct the lever or'screw m,A scraper make noclaimz scraper .box in the` usual -manner -jwith a' on the tympan will .fall between and-in con-I e'eyes p, p, onthejcarria e, and

the holes with which the eyesarepe orated'I .105"- it in itspla'cef The bar (z).which forms v the end of thetympannearestthe*roller;I" .perforate with vertical holes a; through which in'stretching the leather upon the@` :tympan rame,1 passstrips of leather or .110 stringslaced Abetween these holes -and'holes p The Zcaerls'cre'w scraper-bornand campen-.ep

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I 'When it is intended-.to "eleyate the pressthc-,b QQVr-me, one placedundei' each foot *of'the a'rchlztnd one at each corner of the.

i ltio'ri's the formA of theInac'hi'ne:to-suit4 -u m'ns,A and, also'to receive .thelsci'cw and ccpassedjto .mgike :fast Vto 'thczjoorltablc Fig. V.313' presents a View 1n pclqspcctvc ci ymy machine in' the Aus'ualv form 1n which. -If

scribed fand delineated. .-I- regard 'asll Variaf i particular cirfcuxristances.: -I havfadded'if- A:e1-ences tothe accompanyxigdrawings asf -well as to--thefdes'cription-which are-ntexlil- `ed :fully to designateparts ntli'c i"arietiesE :of .form in which I use the press., What-I claim as my Yinvention and: desirc;

. to secure,byLettcrsPatentis-f {metsilftoct a-s a, bearing to the mile-of ,cylindrical roller 'upon the bed .-frame, cither :attached to it or detacheii from it; and the,

' pulcing'th'cfsmic theg'platform torrc-'n soA -:ings-to :receive zdetziched boxes, oi-.half boxes cast in'rthef feet-or other :parts of the col- ",cciitricjwheii uscdl -But' -I :dog not claim 23.8. iny :invention-.thcform; of. the cavities. or PTO H ed.. for.. -the-leve= box. screwand lspiral 

